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a Living Organism –the people of God As the people of God we: Gather together in his name Share a common faith in love of God Affirm truth & fullness of their faith belief & experience Proclaim the Good News of Christ in word and deed. A person who lives according to the image of Jesus Christ and affirms the fullness of truth he reveals.
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Orthodox theology and ecclesiastical affairs, and friends of long standing, whose advice, disagreements, and encouragement have helped me make this better than it was. Orthodox faith is one and harmonious. It is my trust that this book conforms to that unity of the faith. Such was my constant intention. Orthodox culture, however, is,
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A historical introduction. The Orthodox Church consists historically of the local Churches of the Eastern Roman empire, including Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem, as well as the Churches that came into being as a result of their missions. During the first millennium of Christianity, this com-munion included the Church of Rome.
from the Father (the Orthodox position) or the Father and the Son (the Roman position, a medieval innovation). Among other subtle-ties, Ware notes that the Orthodox belief is that the Roman position depreciates the personal characteristics of each individual member of the Trinity (an effect similar to, though arising differently from, the
…the Orthodox Church is the true Church of God on earth and maintains the fullness of Christ’s truth in continuity with the Church of the apostles. This awesome claim does not necessarily mean that Orthodox Christians have achieved perfection: for we have many personal shortcomings. Nor does it
Orthodox Christianity was first established in North America in 1794 when Russian monks from Valaam Monastery founded a successful mission to native Aleut peoples on Kodiak island in Alaska. One member of that mission, Father Herman, who lived and served on Spruce Island for nearly forty years, has now been canonized as St. Herman of Alaska.
gions where Orthodox Christians are relatively numerous, Orthodox Christianity, which has played an integral role in the development of civilization as we know it today, still is perceived as an exotic and
